Connacht Team Talk Thread V - The Friend Zone

KBurke85

The Friend Zone

b.gud wrote: »

Yeah I wish I put a bet on it

https://twitter.com/connachtrugby/status/1306140769271427072/photo/1

You really should have

freyners

The Friend Zone

Looks like the purple is back. Don't think we've used it since the first season in the Heineken cup?

Squidgy Black

freyners wrote: »

Looks like the purple is back. Don't think we've used it since the first season in the Heineken cup?

2015/16 in the challenge cup

The Lost Sheep

Connacht's Abraham Papali’i and Shane Delahunt have been handed three-game bans for their red cards against Munster.

PRO14 says the bans will apply to "three meaningful games" with the 2020/21 season fixtures not out yet.

So the A games against Munster won't count.

Clegg

Already posted above.

Bans are fair enough.

thomond2006

Some Like It TOH

Neither can have any complaints.

b.gud

No issue with the bans or the fact that they should be "meaningful games", but I do have an issue with the inconsistency with which bans are enforced, we've seen examples of essentially practice matches counting towards bans so why not the A games?

Don't get me wrong I'm not actually saying that the bans for Papali’i and Delahunt should include these games but I think that what games should count towards a ban is one of the many areas that World Rugby needs to look at around disciplinary hearings to have greater consistency across the competitions

connemara man

The Friend Zone

b.gud wrote: »

No issue with the bans or the fact that they should be "meaningful games", but I do have an issue with the inconsistency with which bans are enforced, we've seen examples of essentially practice matches counting towards bans so why not the A games?

Don't get me wrong I'm not actually saying that the bans for Papali’i and Delahunt should include these games but I think that what games should count towards a ban is one of the many areas that World Rugby needs to look at around disciplinary hearings to have greater consistency across the competitions

Sure the lads that got bans pre lockdown haven't missed a game

That being said Papali'i needs these games to get upto speed with union again so I'm happy to see he gets these games so he can be more effective when he returns

b.gud

connemara man wrote: »

Sure the lads that got bans pre lockdown haven't missed a game

I actually had an example of this ready to go in my post but I thought it was a bit unfair to use it as an example of where the system is wrong because it is covid is such an extraordinary occurrence that would be hard to account for

b.gud

connemara man wrote: »

That being said Papali'i needs these games to get upto speed with union again so I'm happy to see he gets these games so he can be more effective when he returns

Actually I never really thought about this but it's a bit weird that Delahunt and Papali'i will technically be able to play in the A games despite having received a ban which they have to serve in later games

connemara man

The Friend Zone

b.gud wrote: »

Actually I never really thought about this but it's a bit weird that Delahunt and Papali'i will technically be able to play in the A games despite having received a ban which they have to serve in later games

Against the team he got the card against. I think there's been teams that have organised matches to get around bans. George North possibly in the past.
Just annoying to be the ones called on it

connachta

connemara man wrote: »

Sure the lads that got bans pre lockdown haven't missed a game

That being said Papali'i needs these games to get upto speed with union again so I'm happy to see he gets these games so he can be more effective when he returns

Exactly what I was about to say,

He'll play 3 A games and enter in meaningful games more competitive.
Boyle will do the job as 8 in the meantime


More worried about hookers, Heff has to stay injury free from now until November

Lucas44

connachta wrote: »

Exactly what I was about to say,

He'll play 3 A games and enter in meaningful games more competitive.
Boyle will do the job as 8 in the meantime


More worried about hookers, Heff has to stay injury free from now until November

Hopefully they’ll Give delahunt the A games off, the two hookers in the academy have FA game time between them in A games the last two years and will likely be needed at some point while delahunt is banned

Zzippy

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

Connacht's Abraham Papali’i and Shane Delahunt have been handed three-game bans for their red cards against Munster.

PRO14 says the bans will apply to "three meaningful games" with the 2020/21 season fixtures not out yet.

So the A games against Munster won't count.

No problem with the bans but the inconsistency is annoying. What meaningful games did James Cronin miss? ACtually, never mind meaningful, what games did he miss? :rolleyes:

salmocab

Zzippy wrote: »

No problem with the bans but the inconsistency is annoying. What meaningful games did James Cronin miss? ACtually, never mind meaningful, what games did he miss? :rolleyes:

Wasn’t Cronin ban handed down by a different Authority? It’s a joke but given the circumstances this year it’s not surprising that there’s things like this.

04581466

New jerseys are on Elverys now; they're okay, away jersey is my pick of the three.

Home


Away


European


Training kit is nicer than the main kits in my opinion

evil_seed

The Friend Zone

Home kit - OK
Away kit - Ospreys
European kit - WTF!?

04581466

evil_seed wrote: »

Home kit - OK
Away kit - Ospreys
European kit - WTF!?

I kind of agree with you alright, didn't make that Ospreys link until you said it, can't unsee it now.

If the training kit were the European kit and vice versa I'd be happier.

Edit; and annoyingly they're still opting for the silica gel badges that will eventually peel off rather than embroidering or even just printing the crest.

Diabhal Beag

I like the home one and the third limey green one. The black and gold is very lazy and doesn't look great imo.

freyners

The Friend Zone

Home and European as v nice imo.

The away one is fine but as others noted in not keen on wearing an ospreys jersey

Lucas44

salmocab wrote: »

Wasn’t Cronin ban handed down by a different Authority? It’s a joke but given the circumstances this year it’s not surprising that there’s things like this.

Off the top of my head Id assume that

Doping bans are handed down by WADA not a citing commissioner/panel
And that Doping bans tend to be for time periods not games

Could be wrong though

sydthebeat

The Friend Zone

Didn't marler not have to serve any of his 10 weeks because of covid

The Lost Sheep

sydthebeat wrote: »

Didn't marler not have to serve any of his 10 weeks because of covid

Yeah. didnt miss a match

macslash

Mul, it's over

CONNACHT EAGLES V MUNSTER A (SATURDAY 19TH OCTOBER 2020 @ THE SPORTSGROUND, K/O 2PM).
15. John Porch
14. Colm de Buitléar
13. Sam Arnold
12. Tom Daly
11. Diarmuid Kilgannen
10. Conor Dean
9. Stephen Kerins

1. Jordan Duggan
2. Jonny Murphy
3. Conor Kenny
4. Cian Prendergast
5. Niall Murray
6. Oisin McCormack
7. Conor Oliver (C)
8. Sean Masterson

Replacements
16. Dylan Tierney-Martin
17. Matthew Burke
18. Jack Aungier
19. Darragh Murray
20. Joshua Dunne
21. Colm Reilly
22. Cathal Forde
23. Shane Jennings
24. Oran McNulty
25. Peter Sullivan


Strong team

yerrahbah

macslash wrote: »

CONNACHT EAGLES V MUNSTER A (SATURDAY 19TH OCTOBER 2020 @ THE SPORTSGROUND, K/O 2PM).
15. John Porch
14. Colm de Buitléar
13. Sam Arnold
12. Tom Daly
11. Diarmuid Kilgannen
10. Conor Dean
9. Stephen Kerins

1. Jordan Duggan
2. Jonny Murphy
3. Conor Kenny
4. Cian Prendergast
5. Niall Murray
6. Oisin McCormack
7. Conor Oliver (C)
8. Sean Masterson

Replacements
16. Dylan Tierney-Martin
17. Matthew Burke
18. Jack Aungier
19. Darragh Murray
20. Joshua Dunne
21. Colm Reilly
22. Cathal Forde
23. Shane Jennings
24. Oran McNulty
25. Peter Sullivan


Strong team

Damn, that is a strong team, Munster boys could be in for a tough game

JohnniDrama

Really nice team.

Would love a stream of the game.

2 good fixtures ahead of the season.

JohnniDrama

Saw Ben O’Donnell is on route from Sydney also. Nearly forgot about him.

If injuries are kind to us this season, especially up front (SOB, Thornbury, etc), it could be an interesting season.

Shame project Sportsground hasn’t commenced and no crowds, as that is a big advantage at home, but exciting season ahead.

lenny4545

Any chance someone will be live streaming on Facebook/YouTube?

RonnieL

lenny4545 wrote: »

Any chance someone will be live streaming on Facebook/YouTube?

According to Murray Kinsella there are no plans to stream it, despite Munster planning to stream the return fixture. I popped the branch a mail just now asking them to reconsider - I think it would be a nice touch (they could market it as a reward to their loyal 1885 members), and technically simple. I'm sure they could even just ask one of the Clan to do it (there's been unofficial streams of away games in the past on facebook).

connemara man

The Friend Zone

RonnieL wrote: »

According to Murray Kinsella there are no plans to stream it, despite Munster planning to stream the return fixture. I popped the branch a mail just now asking them to reconsider - I think it would be a nice touch (they could market it as a reward to their loyal 1885 members), and technically simple. I'm sure they could even just ask one of the Clan to do it (there's been unofficial streams of away games in the past on facebook).

Those were done on someone's phone I think.

To do it with a proper camera is tricky enough. I've had to stream conferences and it was a pain